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All Europe
Fears Split
in Germany
Breakup Would Spell Ruin of
Civilization, Claimed—
Ruhr Conceals Frcnch
Designs.
Strain Tells on Leaders
—,—
By MARK SULLIVAN.
Paris, July 11.—The atmosphere of
Berlin during the present crisis is one
of shell-shocked helplessness, while
France and Britain pull and haul over
her fate.
Chancellor Cuno's personality, ns
compared with his former state, by
those whp have seen him frequently
during the months of his tenure of
office, is drooping to one in which
sheer fatigue robs the man of what
ever his normal will-power and de
cisiveness may be.
General Legoutte, it Is believed by
those who see him frequently and
regard him favorably, might be able
to handle the Ruhr troubles with
less appearance of progressive rigidity
if he were not under the handicap of
a conception of duty which keeps him
at his desk for long hours without
ftesh air or exercise—besides which
<-1ts has the further embarrassment of
illness in his family.
Poincare Shows Strain.
Tn Paris, the strain of the situation
is beginning to tell also on Premier
Poincare, emphasizing his natural dis
position to “sit tight" and vastly
magnifying to his mind trifles of pro
cedure.
These personal equations enter more
largely and more unfortunately in a
situation like this than they would
in America, where great decisions arc
equally less personal and Individual
power is limited by our £nrm of gov
ernment.
Of all the important figures in
volved, Premier Baldwin, although lie
is noticably less sparkling than when
he was at Washington last winter
and has developed the physical tricks
of nervous strain, is nevertheless the
more equable and sure-footed than
any of the others involved.
In Berlin the fear of an Internal
crisis la practically universal. That
fear does not look merely to an over
turn of the present government and
the substitution of another. If that
were tha form of the fear Berlin
would ha loss acutely apprehensive.
So also would London be less alarmed,
ns well as other quarters which take
thought for the future of the world.
But tlie anticipated form of the
greatly feared German crisis is the
breakup of the country Into several
ivaning states, some going commun
ist, some Catholic monarchist, some
■“••’i^roteatant monarchist and some try
ing to go democratic.
Breakup Dooms Europe.
Some states in Germany have in
dividual, and some times an'agonistic,
characteristics to a degree that we
do not know in America, while the
federal system that holds them to
gether is much looser than with us.
Why the breakup of Germany into
different states should be so feared
may not be clear to America. Super
ficially. it would even seem to have
some advantages, such as permanent
disruption of Germany’s potential
military power. But British states
men. as well as many other thought
ful quarters, say the breakup of Ger
many means the break-up of Euro
pean civilisation.
British statesmen privately say this
in so many words, and with impres
sive earnestness. Economists and
others on whose advice they depend
say it. If you ask the reasons, they
say that communism and bolshevism
would get a start that would burn
into a blaze: that there would be civil
war among the various states of Ger
many, that with the breakup, the In
tricate economic unit which industrial
Germany represents, the present
population of central Europe could
not live, but must be reduced by pro
cesses of war and starvation.
It is precisely this that the British
are determined to accept the responsi
bility of preventing. Ever since June
I, the British policy has been to ex
haust every resource of patience and
f*W^pnclliation in order to restore and
maintain the entente with France.
As one British statesman said: "Our
one hope is to preserve the spark of
life in these negotiations.” But the
British have been equally steadily de
termined to lake another course If it
should become inevitable, and accept
the leadership and responsibility of
preventing the breakup of Germany.
Real Purpose Concealed.
" Regarding France, it In charged
with having the breakup of Germany
an the main, though concealed, pur
pose of its present course. Ninety
nine out of every hundred Germans
belifevo this. Many British believe It.
Any impartial examination Into
France’* actions six months ago,
•when it ernliarked upon the Ruhr ad
venture, shows that Its motive then
waa a limited, narrow, almost hysteri
cal determination to get its money
urid get it at once.
But although that was its original
purpose, it is now clear without any
doubt whatever that the development
of the Ruhr adventure is a complete
failure. The net reault of It so far as
money goes is that France will get it
not sooner, but later. It may get
none whatsoever as it stands now,
France's course in the Ruhr baein is
tragically increasing the momentum,
not toward collection of reparation*,
but toward the breakup of Germany.
France's course in the Ruhr hse
come to he precisely what the Ger
man militarists used to call a "policy
f. ti frJghtfulncHS."
(Copyright 19 2)
VI ales to V isit (ianatla
Hr Auoriatrd
London, July 11 The prince of
Wales. It was learned, Ini ends to
visit Canada in the autumn. Me will
go In a private capacity and will not
accept, official engagements during
Iila atayj
Ttvo Stale Governors
Arrested as Speeders
by /V. C. Traffic Cop
By Internationnl »w« Service.
Greenville, N. C., July II.—Gu
bernatorial authority fell with a
fluid before the dignify of an ordi
nary traffic cop when the gover
nors of North Carolina and Ten
nessee were arrested near here for
speeding. It was revealed today.
The two governors were each
foreed to pay S10 fines, the same as
any other sperdslers.
. Governor Morrison of North
Carolina was driving the ear, with
Governor Peay in the tonneau as
his guest. A country traffic cop
overtook the machine, waived aside
the gubernatorial protestations and
levied the fines.
"Governors or no governors, you
all look the same to me, ami it
costs money to speed in North
Carolina,” was the traffic cop's
verdict.
Danger of Coal
Miners Strike
Is Reported Nil
Government Authority Follow
lowing age Parley Gives
Reasons for Settle
ment Assurance.
By l niverbal hfrvie?.
'Washington, July 11.—There is no
anthracite coal strike in the air.
This assurance was given today by
a government authority-tin coal, who
is keeping in close daily touch with
the progress of tite joint wage con
ference at Atlantic City.
Around August 20. it was stated,
the miners will agree to the operators'
proposal, twice rejected within the
past week, that ttfey continue at work
after September 1, in event a new
joint wage agreement lias not been
entered into, pending conclusion of
negotiations.
By August 25. operators and miners
are expected to Is? in agreement on
all essential points of controversy. It
may, however, be necessary to con
tinue the joint conference iieyond that
date to dispose of minor points.
The operators, it was stated, will
accede to the miners' demand for
higher wages, but not the 20 per cent
raise the miners are now’ demanding.
A compromise on a 10 per cent In
crease will be reached.
It was pointed out that the opera
tors have already agreed in principle
to three ot the principal demands of
the miner.-.
First. They have recognized the
miners' demand that the 8, 10 and 12
hour day in mine work Is? eliminated
and the industry be put on a maxi
mum eight-hour basis.
Second, The operators have agreed
to the proposal that arbitration of
grievances be speeded up with deci
sions within 30 days after reference
to an umpire.
Third, The operators have recogniz
ed the justification of the miners'
contention fur an upward revision of
mine wages by offering 5 per cent in
crease at the outset.
Both sides seem to be playing for
time. The negotiators must put up a
show of struggle so that they can go
back to their conventions and con
vince the irreconcilable* that they had
fought for weeks atid the contract
proposed was the best they could get.
That showing makes ratification pos
aible.
Boy Killed in Wreck
in Manhattan Tube
By Interna tioiiHl Nhh 8<*r%lr«*.
Harrison. X. J., July 11.—Giovanni
Parillo. 15. of Newark, wfas killed and
a tiuml^r of persons injured when a
westbound Hudson & Manhattan tub**'
train collided with an empty passen
sr^r train, eastbound, near here at'
12:10 rhis afternoon.
A defective switch is believed to
have caused the accident.
G. O. I*. Leaders of 7 States,
Including Nebraska, in Meet
Chicago, July 11 .—Republican lead
ers from Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Ne
braska. Kajisns, Missouri and Okla
homa were assembling here today in
response to a call from John T.
Adams, chairman of the republican
national committee, for a "get
together" conference tomorrow morn
ing at. the Drake hotel.
Columbus Legion Elects
Spec'sl It-.psti-h to The Onmhit lire.
Columbus, Neb. July 11.—George
T. I.owman vice commander of the
American Legion, was elected com
mander of Hartman post No. i!4 at
the annual election to succeed Com
mander Herbert Hahn, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce.
Little Stories
of Success
Mrs. E. 0. Sutton. 3.336
Ames Ave., KE 2380, says
The Omaha Bee will certainly
get all of her “Want" Ad ad
vertising from now on because
ahe realizes that Omaha Bee
“Want” Ads “bring better re
sults at lesser cost."
Mrs. Sutton called the of
fice to cancel her Omaha Bee
“Want" Ad before it had run
the full time for which it was
ordered. She did so because
ahe had sold her porch conch
swing the day before through
the little Omahn Bee “Want"
Ad. She was so enthusiastic
about results gotten through
this ad that she said -he felt
that she must tell us about it.
Read and use Omaha Bee
“Want" Ads they bring bi t
ter result* at lesser cost.
(Printed by permission of
Mrs. Sutton I.
Naval Pact
Is Ratified
French
Washier**'* .leatics by
287 to 3—Chairman
for Friendship.
Will Be Effective Soon
By t niorinl Smlro
Paris, July 11.—The French senate
tonight ratified the Washington naval
treaty by a vote of 287 to 3 and
unanimously ratified the Pacific pact.
In discussing the Washington
treaties, Senator Georges I'eynald,
chairman of the committee, pleaded
for favorable action to "prove French
pacifism and to reinforce Franco
American friendship.”
Washington. July 11.—The French
senate's ratification today of the
Washington naval treaty and the
four-power pacts completes the steps
necessary to put the agreements into
force except for the deposits of rati
fications by all the signatories in
Washington.
How long it will take for the
French formal notice of ratification
to reach Washington is not known,
nor is it certain how much time will
>o required for ail of the other powers
to send here all the papers necessary
for the final act of putting the Wash
ington conference agreements Into
effect. The method of deposit and
announcement of the effective date
of the treaties is provided for in the
documents themselves. Article XXIV'
of the naval treaty says:
Treaty Kept in United States.
"The present treaty shall be rati
fied by the contracting powers in
order to their respective constitu
tional methods and shall take effect
on the dnte of the deposit of all of
the ratifications which shall take
place at Washington as soon as pos
sible. The present treaty shall re
main deposited in the archives of the
government of the United States, and
duly certified copies thereof shall be
transmitted by that government to
the other contracting powers."
Various provisions of the treaty
take effect at prescribed periods of
time calculated front the date of the
deposit of ratifications. Vessels of
war to be scrapped must be rendered
incapable of further warlike service
within six months, and the "scrap
ping shall be finally effected" within
18 month!}. The replacement pro
gram for capital ships, however is
not dependent upon the date of rati
f.catinn hut is set fort it in a chart
fixing the year in which replace
ment keels may he laid down for each
ouch ship.
Will End Alliance.
It 1' provided in the final article
of the four power treaty that the
agreement "shall be ratified as soon
as possible and shall take effect on
the dfpinsit tif ratifications, which
shall take place at Washington." On
the same day. under the terms of tlfte
article, the AngluJapnnese alliance,
long looked upon with suspicion in
the United States will terminate.
Documentary credentials are re
quired by custom in the case of all
the plenipotentiaries who participate
in the deposit of ratfleations, so that
It is thought unlikely that the cere
mony can take place for two or
three weeks, at the earliest.
Franrp Plans fiannon for
Army Planes in Next War
By Associated Press.
Paris, July II.—The plan for the
reorganization of France’s army of
660,000 men was distributed among
the members of parliament by Col.
Jean Fabry, reporter for the chant
iter army commission. It contem
plates a modernized force based on
the lessons of th» great war, with
serious attention to new develop
ments in aviation and war materials.
Aviation and gas, the report says,
are menaces of the future. Oermanv
by force of circumstances must eeek
Its field of action in the air: there
fore, France moat ho strong there.
"We are preparing the army for
war, which we are resolved to pre
vent." continues the report, "hut
must b- ready to strike the first
blow. France is now superior to
other nations in aviation, except per*
haps bombing planes, but it cannot
rest satisfied, and must not lie con
lent witli machine gun* in the air,
for perhaps the time Is near when
aerial cannon will appear."
Mexican Government Asked
to Release (liicap, Man
ll> Intermit iontt I Nr«» Servler.
Washington, July 11.—The I'nited
Suites government has made a formnl
request upon the Mexican government
to effect the immediate reieaae of M.
.V, Newman. >i Chicago citlxen, who
"ns captured and Is being held now
for ransom by Mexican bandits, the
Hlute department announced ofllelally
this afternoon. The department wat>
Informed of Newman's rapture
through eonttular channels.
Hears Tear Arm of Girl. *>.
from Socket at Spokane Park
Hpqjtene. Wash., July 11— Injurtea
which phyeielans fear may ptove
fatal, were suffered by Mary Kllxabeth
Mania, ft. at a Ibeal park when hears
*elr«d her right arm, which she had
thrust through the bnra of their cage,
and tore It front the socket. PhygJ.
i lana said «hc had but a alight chance
for recoilrj
I mil Rain at Beatrice
l)rn|iiyr, N#b . July 11 (Jitge ruuri
<>, Whit it hurt |,*cn h,m, hiiiK fijt a
mnl''i fmiuih'imiurt» b«*lw**f*rt 9.
ami 101* tlogrer**, w im given rrlh f tl»i*
afternoon by a (food ruin. The pip
• ipitutlnn wa* Nhimn by than govern*
meut gunge to be* a fruition under
out inch
Washington Orders Inquiry
Into Branch Postofficc
Postoffice Inspector Coble today
conferred with Postmaster C. K.
Black concerning action in connec
tion with the raid Tuesday night by
Hubert Saiiiardick, federal prohibi
tion agent, on a branch postofficc
in a drug store at 2102 l| street,
where John ('. SkoniHl was arrest
ed on a charge of illegal possession
of Ihiiior. and where a small quan
tity of alcohol was confiscated.
It is said to he the first lime
in history where a postoffice was
used iA a blind for possession or
sale of liquor.
On instruetions from \\ ashing
ton, Mr. Coble already has for
warded newspaper accounts of the
raid, and the official police report.
Murder Plot
Seen in Death
of Aged Man
Son of John Hannibal, 79.
Believes Parent Was Mur
dered—Was Found
Lying in Road.
Possible murder mystery was in
jected into the death of John Hanni
bal, T9, farmer living near Crescent,
la., foliowing a conference between
his son, Arthur H. Hannibal, who
lives on a neighboring farm, and Cor
oner Henry Culler.
Hannibal was picked up uncon
scious on McPherson avenue Sunday
night and died yesterday morning in
Jennie Edmundson hospital, Council
Bluffs. It was believed at the time
that he had been run down by a
passing automobile.
Arthur Hannibal, the son, how
ever, told Coroner Cutler that he
found his fathers home in
disorder and discovered blood stains
on some blankets. VV'ben his fatiier
was found, lie pointed out, day v a.
found, he pointed out, clay "as
clinging to his face ami clothing, al
though there t» no clay at the spot
w here he was picked up. There is an
abundance of clay near the home.
The son was unable to give any
motive for a murder.
The Hannihala live tjiree miles
nortli of Council Bluffs on the Hazel
Dell road. The spot where the body
was found Is one mile east of Council
Bluffs, on McPherson avenue
The son scouted the theory that
his father was run down on Mc
Pherson avenue. He told the eoroner
he believes his father either was mur
dered or else run down by an auto
mobile in the vicinity of his own
home, and later carried three miles
Into Council Bluffs, through the city,
and a mile away from the etty In an
other direction, where his uncon
,emus form was left lying in the
road.
Hannibal's wife died six years ago.
Since that time he had lived as a
bachelor on his farm. He is survived
hy two sons, Arthur II. Hannibal and
Franklin T. Hannibal of Chicago j
12 Heat Deaths
in Last 2 Day
Mercury 105 at Tulsa, OLIa.—
Lightning Claim* 5
Victims.
By AMorlNte1' Cress.
Chicago, July 11.—I.lsts of death*
cause,] hy the excessive heat In many
parti of the country were added to
today with reports oi casualties re
sulting from storms which brought
relief to sections which have swelter
ed for the last two days. Twelve
persons died front the heat and five
deaths caused hy lightning were re
ported.
In several sections records of sev
eral years’ standing were broken hy
high temperatures. The mercury
climbed to 105 degrees in Tulsa
and other points In Oklahoma
reported temperatures of 101 and 103.
Iowa had one death, with tempera
tures averaging close to the 100 mark.
In lies Moines, where 98 degrees was
registered, a new record was set. One
n.an died In Michigan.
Five deaths occurred In Nebraska.
Illinois had four deaths, two in Chi
cago and two in Waukegan. In Chi
cago 95 degrees was recorded.
Kxcesaive heat was confined to the
central section of the country, the
•■astern states-wlth few r■xcepMonshav
Ing high temperatures of less than 90
degrees. The Itocky mountain and
Pacific sections escaped with low
temperatures.
I.lghtiilng claimed three victim* *"
Michigan and two In Towa.
A woman and a girl were killed at
Cedar Haplds, la., when they took
refuge under a free struck by light
ntng.
tannage estimated at several thou
sand dollars was caused by the storm
to wires and orchards throughout
Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Wlscon
sin.
If You Have
a Sense of
Humor
you’ll be tickled with
a new feature in The
Omaha Sunday Ree.
And your sense of hu
mor may mean dollars
to you, for $0 is going
to he paid each week
to the cleverest man
or woman, boy or girl,
that reads The Omaha
Sunday Ree.
See next Sunday's is
sue for particulars.
No Wonder Our Neighbors Aren’t So Friendly
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\nER£ MO FRIENDS OF OUR^ f
Actors Defy Sun
in Street Show
Milk ami Icr Fund Enthuei
a*111 Rises With
Mercury.
The Omaha Bee Free Milk end lee
Fund is going up with the temper
ature.
Tuesday noon. Ignoring the boil
ing sun. actors on this weeks bill
nt the World theater got busy and
gave a show for the fund. Tt was
a good show, too, and it netted the
■fund $74.10.
It was the first time in the his
tory of Omaha that members of the
theatrical world have braved tiie
heat for a charity. But the en
thusiasm of the actors and the crowd
soared with the mercury.
While the World artiste were put
ting on their show and selling The
Omaha Bee for as high as $5. the em
ployes of the Goldstein ft Chapman
company, on Sixteenth street. Just
north of Karnam, were also busy.
Mrs. I,. IS. Stine ami Ernest "Colt
mire, buyer for the suit and cloak
department, conceived the Idea that
the babies were probably suffering
in this torrid weather even more than
grownups. Employes in every de
partment of the store Joined in en
thusiastically, and $10 was raised in
short order.
I.jid I'ainls Fence,
And out in the residence section a
I smalt boy toiled that he might have
I money to wend to the fund. This hoy,
John Welter, earned .$1 bv painting
a fep«e, and sent {he whole dollar
| to The Free Milk and Ice fuml.
Here is a cause in which we ran
all Join. Kerry cent of this money
is used to buy nrilk and kc for the
babies in the poor homes of the city
that they may live through these
days of terrible heat.
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V or Id tlicnter mtiiiV fund ...... 74.17
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\«‘M York <.1 ulis W Filled
\\ iiii Riitil'Mi'iuii'il Men
lit \«Mi<iitlfil I’rr**.
New A oi k. July 11.— New York’s
* *c|usi\e idubs are full of bald beaded
men who wear toupees so realistic that
* ven their closest friends do not know
their secret, declared Bruno Leo
Hchurig. toupee purveyor to John I).
Rockefeller, who returned today from
Hamburg. But the little ruse is cost
ing them more and more dearly, for
must of the toupee artists of Francs
and Oerrrmnv were kllletl in the war.
Tint'.' Hanks in Montana
Shut Down Si nor Moiulav
It i *««»> inf >'tl I*r* ‘»
* lb b un .lulv 11 The Fuel Staff
l»anl of Joplin (Mom i tffiltii»«l with
ilo* Si * ton TruM .mil Savintr* hunk I
of (b**af Kalla, w hi< It ringed Ha doori
Mo min > litai t'li'M* «l He door* also, it
mvsih illei'losetl today b> I. (J Skelton,
Mate kink enxminer, The cI«w*Ihk of
the Firat State Hank of Shelby, an
other institution affiliated with the
Stanton bank, already had been an
itguuwcd
Snookums’ License
Omaha Lmtt Dug on
If ay Home; Child Happy
Plate Saved the Day
Ituring a rrrrnt auto trip to Min
nesota, Snookoiii*. the pet dog of
Mr. and Mrs. 0. Osborne, IK 1.1 South
Twenty-second street, and the in
separable companion of fheir daugh
ter, Hdeana, 4, was lost at Hard
wick. Mich.
Hilffdiy ( iatidr llossir. city
clerk, receiyrd a letter from T. II.
ftri inny of llardw.ick saying he had
found a dog with Omaha license
tag No. 5.1. hut without tail light or
wheel tax.
Mr. Bossie, after a hasty trip to
tlie records, trlephoned Mr. Osborne.
Now Snookutn* k on his way to
Omaha in an express car.
Odeaua won't he happy till he
gets here.
Hiisincea Halted During
Mrs. E. E. Stanton Funeral
SihtIsI IHsputi-h ta The Ofnshn Bee.
St rotnsburg, Neb. July 11.—Busi
nee* house* here were closed during
the funeral of Mrs. K. K. Stanton on
Tueeda y.
Mr*. Stanton was married in i
Stromsburg 38 years ago and has I
lived here continuously since thenni ,
with Hie exception of *Sx years spent !
In Hood River. Idaho.
She 1* survived by her husband,
two daughter*. .Mr*. C. K, Moore,
Stromsburg, and Miss Haul Stanton.
Rochester, N. T.l two son*. Charles
K. Stanton, of Platts mouth, and John
T . in partnership with hi* father in
the law firm of Siantan A Stanton.
Burial was In Stromsburg.
Believe \uto \ocessory
llieft Kinj: ^ Non Broken
ItUpsl. It to TH* Omah* Hrr.
Kali* City. Neb., July 11.—HU hard
son county authorities believe that
they have yleared uj> a series of auto
accessory theft* throughout this
county and Nemaha county with the
arreets of John Mather and Herman
Pugh, both living near Humboldt.
The two confessed when a treat ed by
Sheriffs Young of Flu hardson county
anti Pa vis of Nemaha county and
were taken to Auburn for trial. A
great portion of their loot ha* been
recoveivel. according to authorities
Charged Willi As-ault nn
6-V ear-Old Girl, Man Nahhed
NprrWiI nispstrh to The Omaha Iter
Norfolk, Net. July 11 —Jhtn Men
«< i know., as Carl Smith, nan cap.
ture.l here late Wednesday after an
all night search hv a posse.
Meaner In charged with criminal as
•suit on the t > ear-old daughter of
t; purge Huughmau. Norfolk farmer.
Messer sny« he la the son of Mr. and
Mrs Fred Meaner, farmers living at
Wellington, Yolo., lie admits having
served three months In jail at
Omaha, lie uas taken to county jail.
Botl\ of Man Found on Hoad
I lioiiftht fo Hr Heat \ irlitn
'ikm lal IHnWrli lu Tb* Omaha H*r.
rnnbury. Wb . .Inly II.— I'br iHHly
■ «f ii man intibubly,* To wa« found
\\ nlnt'.-olui up thr blabwai four
mill'' unutIn-aat of Knlilnu y. I|p had
rtlnl from noun# b*ifr, or a pup.
li*M In ih* opinion of Dr. dlntiuill.
who ' xaminiHl |h* body fm- nunk* of
violano* A a non* u*iv found *
oornnot i ltii|iin*i mi cWmad unnao
«'»«i i Tha body h»* not barn Idan
tlXlad.
Contempt Trial
Judjre Threatened
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Letter Is Signed *'K. K. K.
—Writer Llaiins Texas
as His Home.
Lu Vega*. N M , July 11 —-Judge
David J. Leahy, presiding In th# trial
of Carl A Magee, Albuquerque editor,
on rharges of contempt, announced In
court this afternoon that he had re
ceived a threatening tetter .signed I
K K. K."
When Judge Leahy had finished
reading the letter he stepped from be
hind the judicial bench to the front of
the platform. Addressing the well
filled court room, and pointing out |
that he wag not robed in court ap I
pare!, he dared the writer of the let
ter to make himself known, if in the|
room.
"I stand here before the dirty,
cowardly reprobate that wrote that!
letter." Judge Leahy said.
The judge Waited a moment and;
then said, as he resumed the bench:,
' He doesn't seem to be here "
Ia»# Viigolfk Times Dynamiter
Released from San (Jueutiu
Ssn Quentin. Cal.. July 11—Da rid I
Caplan. who was convicted of sec»^i
degree murder in connection with the
Iais Angeles Time* dynamiting case.!
In October. 1*10. and sentenced to 10
years' imprisonment, was released*
from San Quentin prison yesterday.
He had served six and one-half yeaisl
of his sentence. The three atid one j
half years' i eduction was obtained for
good behavior. Caplan told prison
officials he would engage in the bar
ber business in San Francisco. He!
was a barber in the prison.
On the morning of October 1. 1»1<> j
the lav* Angeles Times building was
destroyed. ;i0 employes were killed
and scores were injured by the ex I
plosion.
tin October 10. Indictments were re
turned against five persons, among
whom was Caplan. lie had disap
pea red but following a nation-wide
search, he was arrested on February!
1*. 1*16. on Halnbridge Island, in
Puget bound, near Seattle.
Miuifdian Is Disappointed at
Han on Dawn to Dark Flight
*> News S«ntM.
Havton. o. July It.— t.ieut. R 1.
Man Khan, sp-e-.l demon, whose plane
failed pear St. Joseph. Mo, Monday,
during the attempted daylight flight
from New York to San Francisco, ar
netHl In Payton at 1!iho this after
noon on the return trip, and when
Informed of the calling off of the
proposed daw-n to-dark flight, prob
ably until aprtug. expressed his bitter
disappointment.
Maughan had expected to start flora
Mitchell field. Newr York, on another
try next week.
C«a*t Guards Capture
110.000 Liquor Carpo
II* rrr*i.
Atlanth Oly, \ J, Jfw|y U A
t urti running dul y mu wild hi the inlet j
today When It* crow of t«v) kIuukKuus!
t» $10.1*00 cargo of wtiisky and brandy j
b> plunging overboard v\ Ivan haded
l»\ a ooa*t guard boat. Tin *iougvd'M*
loft their titgin* running full a peed
ahead. The dory waa overtaken In
the rflMl guard*, oho prcM i od sp,
«*tg tlia craft to vaptuung the
“Big Union”
Advocates
Sentenced
Twenty-Seven Alleged I. W. W
Must Go to Prison for 1
to 14 Years for Crim
inal Syndicalism.
Reject Clemency Offer
t-os Angeles, July 11.—Twenty
seven alleged members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World were con
victed of criminal syndicalism by *
jury in the superior court here today
and within an hour after the return
of the verdict had Ijeen sentenced to
s«"rve 1 to H years each in Ean
Quentin penitentiary.
Tonight arrangements Here being
made to transport them te the peni
tentiary in a special car tomorrow, to
gether with 17 other allegwl I. W. \V.
previously convicted under the crim
inal syndicalism law. The plan to
rush the convicted men north was
in accordance with their request, ex
pressed after they had filed notice of
appeal, that they he taken to San •
Quentin "as quickly as possible. '
While several of the defendants
were emphatic in their refusal of the
court's offer of clemency to those who
would abandon their advocacy of the
“one big union’’ and general strike
idea*, most of them took occasion to
say that they bore no malice toward
jury, judge or prosecuting attorneys
in the case.
Judge I’aul J., McCormick ques
tioned each defendant earnestly be
fore passing sentence upon him and
pronounced judgment only after each
bad specifically refused to cease ad
vocating the one big union and gen
eral strike as weapons of industrial
reform.
A request of the defendants that
they l>e sentenced in the presence of
the jurors who had convicted them
was ignored by the latter, wlio, ns
wmn as Judge McCormick indicated
that they were free to go. filed out
ot the courtroom.
Germans Active
Building Ship
Other Nations in Siunip—
Teutons Double French
Output.
New York. July- H.—World ship
building the last three months hits
declined to new low levels, Germany
alone af all th» maritime nations,
showing increased activity, says the
midyear ieport of Lloyd * register of
shipping.
Ship yards erf all nations had on
June SO at. aggregate of two and a
quarter millions gmss tons of work—
approximately 300,000 tons less than
March 30, and 400.000 tons less than
six months ago.
The United States, wli.ch. at the
end of March was building S4.000
more tons merchant ships' than at
the first of the year, was building
S.OOO tons less on the date cf the
survey.
Slump by British.
Ship yard* of Great Britain and
Ireland experienced a slump nearly
as great as all the other sea nations
together; they absorbing 154.000 tons
of the world decrease of 310.000 tons
curing the quarter.
Germany now holds second place
among ship building countries tt is
constructing more than twice as
much new tonnage as its nearest
competitor. France, and two and a
half timqp as much as the United
States. Great Britain and Ireland
lead with 1 33k .00® ttMis.
Bank of Nations.
Other countries rank: Germany.
351.40®i France. 1T0.9OO: Italy, 141.- •
r.00: United States 133.TOO: Holland.
100.000: Japan. T2.SOO: British dotr.in
iona. 45.O0O.
Compared with a year ago. eaya
Lloyd, the British ship y arda are build
ing Ml,00® tons less, yards of the
United states 1T.0O0 tons te*s at.d
those of all other countries 93.000 tors*
less.
Compared with ship construction
immediately prior to the late war,
the United States yards are build.ng
15.00® tons less and tb British ya da.
about 400.000 tons less.
Former State Solon 1«
Heat Victi min Fields
SppfMl hliVSlrll W* The Omaha Hfr
Geneva. Neb . July 11.—JSajn Jogs
Cen. *S, farmer, tour nule* froig
Shtckley. »as found dead Wedneadav
Afternoon in the field. Death la be
lieved to have been caused by heat
At one time he *u a member of
the Nebraska legislature.
He Is survived by taro daughters.
Mrs Harry Johnson Friend. NYb .
and Mrs. Wallace Oheenut.
IIrip. Con. W. S. Pit'n't' Dies.
Washington. July ll.—Brig Gen.
W. S. Fierce, assistant chief of
ordnance of the army, died here last
night after undergoing an operation
for a digestive disorder.
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